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Luleka Gqumeta still finds it difficult to accept the death of her eight-month-old baby Photo: Yoliswa Sobuwa
Luleka Gqumeta still finds it difficult to accept the death of her eight-month-old baby Photo: Yoliswa Sobuwa

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Last month, during her budget vote speech, Free State Health MEC Montseng Tsiu voiced concerns that the province had experienced an increase in the number of children younger than five dying due to severe acute malnutrition, from 3.1% in the 2020/21 financial year to 9.6% in 2021/22.

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